Pocono Mountain East High students learn and teach at Head Start in Mount Pocono

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Dec 26, 2007 at 12:01 AM

Students from Pocono Mountain East High School have been mentoring young children throughout the fall.

Students from Pocono Mountain East High School have been mentoring young children throughout the fall.

The students, who are part of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, have been volunteering at Pocono Services for Families and Children's Mount Pocono Head Start.

Once a week, students travel to Head Start and work individually with 3- to 5-year-olds in the classroom. This experience provides early childhood development training for future teachers and an opportunity for the pre-school children to enjoy time with the high schoolers.

Before they started mentoring the pre-schoolers, the high school students completed a volunteer orientation and early childhood training. They were led by Dorothy Rodite, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Pocono Mountain East, and by Kathy Watto, a retired Pocono Mountain teacher.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders in their communities. It uses family and consumer sciences to address personal, family, work and societal issues.